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"142 proposals recommended by the High Court Collegiums are at various stages of processing. Out of these 142, 4 proposals are pending with the Supreme Court Collegium and 138 are under various stages of processing in the Government," he added.

The appointment of judges, which has been under the purview of the Supreme Court collegium or panel of senior most judges since 1993, has been a point of contention for the central government over the years.

On Sunday, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju asserted that the majority of people have the same "sane views" as a retired High Court judge who stated that the Supreme Court has "hijacked" the Constitution by choosing to nominate judges on its own.

SC Collegium reiterated its nomination of adv Saurabh Kirpal for elevation as HC judge rejecting centre's objection over his gay partner being Swiss national

Kiren Rijiju said that to reduce the number of pending cases, a new system of appointing judges is needed as current system is not efficient

Supreme Court rejects plea to disclose agenda, discussions and resolution of collegium meeting, says only decision is needed to be made public

Vice President Dhankar hit back at courts overturning parliamentary amendments to the Constitution.

Radhika Roy, a former associate editor at Live Law, had a meltdown on Twitter after Kiren Rijiju criticised the collegium system.

The Collegium System is an archaic, unconstitutional system that needs to be reformed urgently because law fails when people lose faith

Justice SA Bobde will be the 47th Chief Justice of India. His term will continue until April 23, 2021.